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[DIPLOMACY] Serbia's accession to the European Union

Diplomacy

Serbia was expected to be a member of the European Union this year. However, due to failures of our previous government, it was delayed. Prime Minister Zoran Lutovac is travelling to Brussels to reaffirm our commitment to EU membership. We would like to finalize our negotiations as soon as possible.

In past years, a prominent dispute between Belgrade and Brussels has been the issue of Kosovo. Many things have changed since our candidacy began. In 2019, then-President Aleksandar Vučić told our National Assembly that "we need to recognize that we have been defeated...we lost the territory." We have made significant progress toward the normalization of relations. Kosovo's 100% tax on imports from Serbia remains an obstacle.

Finally, we remind Europe that the Serbian officials involved in influence activity in France in 2020 are no longer in our government. Prime Minister Lutovac agrees that the operation was a mistake. Our current government would never have approved it.

We now invite EU members to articulate their concerns so we can move forward with accession.

Posted Nov 28, 2019, 1:43 PM UTC

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iwo---OPSerbia•

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iwo---OPSerbia•

Also u/EleventhTry

For some reason you're not included in the automod EU ping.

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iwo---OPSerbia•

u/nikvelimirovic is Greece now

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AdnotamentumRepublic of Malta•

Malta approves.

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iwo---OPSerbia•

Serbia thanks Malta for the approval.

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EleventhTryItaliana•

Italy approves of the accession.

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iwo---OPSerbia•

Serbia thanks Italy for the approval.

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PinguRamboFrance•

We believe Serbia should have been a EU member a long time ago. We will approve the succession on two conditions:

  • Official excuse of the actions of your former government over the influence operation in France.
  • We want an explanation over the refusal to let French and German delegation to assist in the democratic process of your presidential election despite being formerly invited.
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iwo---OPSerbia•

Official excuse of the actions of your former government over the influence operation in France.

Serbia officially apologizes. We believe the actions of the former government were unacceptable.

We want an explanation over the refusal to let French and German delegation to assist in the democratic process of your presidential election despite being formerly invited.

The French and German delegations were unable to enter due to computer-related issues at the Belgrade Airport. We have been unsuccessful in finding the cause of the problems. Fortunately, our alliance was still able to defeat the authoritarian SNS government.

[M] It was the result of a secret post here. Basically, the previous government flagged the election delegations to prevent them from entering, but we don't know that.

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PinguRamboFrance•

Then we welcome Serbia and support their integration to the fullest

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iwo---OPSerbia•

Serbia thanks France for the approval.

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nikvelimirovicGreece•

Greece approves. Brothers. uwu

We look forward to closer collaboration once Serbia is a true member of the European Union.

jk

...

unless...

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vpavlicevicMODRepublika e Shqipërisë•

The member states of the European Union all have positive outlooks on the matter, with some requiring more conditions to be met in order for the yes vote to be cast. Slovakia, Romania, Cyprus argue that Kosovo should not be a precondition for joining, as according to them it's sovereign Serbian territory. These three expressed their hope that an agreement on Kosovo's status would be reached soon. Official stance of the rest remains that explicit recognition is not necessary, instead an agreement would be enough to satisfy their demands. However their stance behind closed doors stays the same, there will be no EU membership for Serbia before Kosovo is recognized by Belgrade.

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iwo---OPSerbia•

Prime Minister Lutovac will work toward further progress with Kosovo, but it will depend on approval from our National Assembly.

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